FILE: 02_The Yellow Christ_Gauguin.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - The Yellow Christ - POST IMPRESSIONISM

DESCRIPTION: GAUGIN. Independent color his primary goal. This one put him on the map. Gaugin=middle class stockbroker/hobby painter who left family to paint, find "reality" & "the authentic life." Untrained experimenter who "liberated color". Used his own original colors different from local color (local color=color true to nature). Simplified shapes. This painting done in Brittany. Many artists interested in him.